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US
/əˈfɛkʃən/
]
[ UK /ɐfˈɛkʃən/ ]
[ UK /ɐfˈɛkʃən/ ]
NOUN
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a positive feeling of liking
he had trouble expressing the affection he felt
the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home
the child won everyone's heart
How To Use affection In A Sentence
- The first hand-held phones, affectionately known as "bricks", were still big and bulky, only made voice calls, and cost more than $4000.
- Seek ye then, fair daughters, the possession of that inward grace, whose essence shall permeate and vitalize the affections, adorn the countenance, make mellifluous the voice, and impart a hallowed beauty even to your motions. Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage
- Assertion: Michelle Obama's affectionate fist bump with her husband as they walked offstage was a "terrorist fist jab" (in the words of Fox anchorperson E.D. Hill). Robert Koehler: The Shadow Platform
- Yet, there are times when I wonder if my love is misplaced, if I should temper my affection.
- To wake up with her belly-up and demanding affection is to have your heart explode with the kind of joy that compels some people into a life of large-scale oil painting.
- It was a day for the children who were special in some way and also for their loving parents who showered them with constant attention and unbounded affection.
- The card consolidate credit debt in photoflash intolerant false is of muton, due to the unaffectionate ad vocal that the barnacle yack ethene expense to repp as a perverted cymene. Rational Review
- It nearly brought a tear to my eye when I saw thousands of screaming fans watching a bunch of (and I use the term affectionately) nerds out there doing their thing. Sun Bloggers
- Physical touch, affection, and the messiness of caring for an uncoordinated person did not come easily.
- I watched as my heart hungered for the same affection. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad